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Sunday, 31 May 2015

Boko Haram invades Fika and Ngalda towns in Yobe

Barely
24 hours after Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in as the President of
Nigeria where he vowed to subdue the militant group, Boko Haram, the
terrorist group launched an attacked on the ancient city of Fika and
Ngalda community of Yobe State, North-east Nigeria.

Fika is 150km West of Damaturu, the Yobe State capital and shares common border with Gombe State to the South.

Witnesses
said that the militants first launched attacked at Ngalda, the
Yobe/Gombe boarder town before proceeding to attack Fika town, the
headquarters of Fika Local Government Area (LGA).

They explained
further that during the assault, the terrorists burnt down the LGA
Secretariat, the Magistrate Court of the area, as well as the torching
of the Divisional Police Station.

A top police officer confirmed the attack in an interview with Channels Television,
noting that the attackers who came to the two towns between the hours
of 7:30pm and 9:00pm, also attacked and looted several shops and went
away with several food items.

He also said that the militants came to the areas in two Toyota Hilux vans and left with several motorcycles.

The
Chairman of Fika LGA, Baba Abare, confirming the incident, said that
the militants came to the two towns shooting sporadically to scare
people away so as to have ample opportunity for their looting.

He
also said that they targeted shops and looted several food items as
well as beverages but no life was lost during the assault.

The
Yobe State Police Commissioner, Mr Markus Danladi, who decline comment
on the violence, said that the Military Joint Task Force is the only
body that is authorised to speak on such matter.

Fika and Ngalda
communities have suffered several cases of Boko Haram assault since the
commencement of the insurgency, as the communities also share common
border with Gujba and Gulani Council Areas captured by the militant
group, but liberated few months ago by security forces.